31.2% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Finley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Finley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than a third of people in Finley have finished Year 12, reflecting a local workforce that relies more on trade certificates than university degrees. This creates a distinct educational profile where practical qualifications are much more common than higher academic ones.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 26% of the population left school after Year 10, and 15.6% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Finley, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with the typical person not holding a university degree. Just 10.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% national average, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 33.8%.
10.9% ▲ +39.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Finley, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 12.4%, followed by engineering at 11.8% and health at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Finley has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with three schools within 3 km of residents. These schools are smaller than usual, and the local system is split between government (66.7%) and Catholic (33.3%) providers.
7.56
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
175
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Finley
3 schools — 526 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| St Joseph's Primary School, Finley | Catholic | Primary | 5.0 km | 83 | 998 |
| Finley Public School, Finley | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 139 | 959 |
| Finley High School, Finley | Government | Secondary | 5.3 km | 304 | 965 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Finley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11523/finley/topic/education